With the XC season in the books for 2023, we compiled the Runner of the Year Nominees. With all meet times logged on GA Milesplit, we took the top 2 runners from each team, or less or more depending on the gap between the top runners. The nominee pool includes 19 runners for the girls, and 18 runners for the boys. Next up, we will whittle the list down to a finalist group, and the public will be able to vote for a last finalist to join the final list.

GIRLS XC ROY NOMINEES

• Ellie Adams – Union County SR – Region 13th (22:33); State 19th (22:08)
• Josie Chesser – Tallulah Falls SR – Region 12th (23:47); State 32nd (22:52)
• Quinn Dierkes – Lumpkin County FR – Region 18th (23:15); State 51st (23:51)
• Mary Durham – Towns County FR – Region 9th (27:05); State 42nd (27:35)
• Keli George – Lumpkin County SO – Region 8th (21:16); State 12th (21:19)
• Hayden Hand – Dawson County SO – Region 10th (21:28); State 6th (20:45)
• Ansleigh Hardin – Towns County JR – Region 7th (26:50); State 26th (26:20)
• Abigail Hotard – Habersham Central JR – Region 5th (20:35); State 69th (22:04)
• Audrey Hotard – Habersham Central JR – Region Champion (3rd straight) (18:54); State 10th (19:27)
• Lola Hunter – Union County SO – Region RU (19:36); State 5th (20:26)
• Lily Janning – Jefferson SO – Region 5th (21:27); State 52nd (21:35)
• Avery Keim – Tallulah Falls FR – Region 7th (22:48); State 31st (22:49)
• Anna LeCave – Dawson County SR – Region 11th (21:50); State 38th (23:17)
• Molly Mazarky – Rabun County SR – Region 18th (25:07); State 52nd (23:58)
• Camdyn Poole – Banks County SR – Region 19th (23:25)
• Hannah Schroeder – Jefferson SO – Region 3rd (21:07); State 51st (21:35)
• Addison Smith – Dawson County SO – Region 13th (22:07); State 22nd (21:55)
• Itzia Vasquez – Rabun County SR – Region 6th (22:45); State 26th (22:43)
• Emma Windham – White County SO – Region 4th (20:51); State 8th (20:52)

BOYS XC ROY NOMINEES

• GB Anderson – Rabun County JR – Region 9th (19:22)
• Timothy Beck – Tallulah Falls JR – Region 4th (18:37); State 38th (18:20)
• Alex Brannon – White County SO – Region 16th (18:18); State 33rd (18:14)
• Brock Brush – Jefferson JR – Region 4th (16:26); State 6th (16:24)
• Micah Burkhart – Stephens County SR – Region 21st (19:27)
• Austin Click – Jefferson SR – Region Champion (16:11); State 23rd (16:49)
• Ben Davis – Jefferson SR – Region RU (16:15); State 4th (16:22)
• Pepper Davis – Banks County SR – Region RU (16:38); State 5th (16:57)
• Benton Gregory – Union County SR – Region 8th (17:22)
• Teagan Penland – Tallulah Falls FR – Region 11th (19:26); State 47th (18:32)
• Aiden Pickett – White County JR – Region 17th (18:22); State 35th (18:16)
• Noah Prickett – Commerce JR – Region 20th (20:42)
• Ben Sherrill – Lumpkin County SR – Region 3rd (16:56); State 7th (16:41)
• Bailey Swafford – Dawson County JR – Region 8th (17:56); State 28th (18:05)
• Tyler Tangel – Dawson County SR – Region 7th (17:55); State 25th (18:03)
• Aiden Thaxton – Habersham Central SR – Region RU (16:21); State 34th (17:20)
• Connor Williams – Towns County JR – Region 7th (19:08); State 14th (18:54)
• Wyatt Windham – Lumpkin County JR – Region RU (16:45); State 4th (16:17)